A walk in the park
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One of New York’s best sights is free: Central Park. Spend a day exploring its grounds, watching boaters glide across the lake, kids playing baseball on one of the 26 ballfields, or picnicking on the meadows. Keep your camera primed for all the famous film locations, including the
Ghostbusters building on 55 Central Park West and the Naumburg Bandshell amphitheatre from Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Shopping sprees
You don’t have to have a skyscrapersized budget to window-shop stylish department stores such as Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale’s, which all sell smaller souvenirs as well as designer clothing, shoes and handbags. Afterwards, make for
Soho, where brands both big and small have outposts, and you can stock up on homewares or gifts.
Village wanders
New York is full of interesting neighbourhoods, from the trendy Meatpacking District to the museum-stuffed Upper East Side. But you really can’t miss Greenwich Village. With twinkly restaurants, cute boutiques and upmarket coffee shops, it’s a great place to wander during the day. In the evening, head to relaxed St Tropez (sttropezwinebar.com) for dinner. Follow up with latenight live music at jazz bar Smalls (smallslive.com).
Thomas Cook has holidays to New York from £958pp, including return flights. Seven room-only nights at Gild Hall, a Thompson Hotel costs from £1,124pp including Gatwick flights.
What connects Hollywood actors Kirsten Dunst and Leonardo Dicaprio? To find out, solve the crossword then read down the shaded squares to reveal the four-word answer.
ACROSS
1 Bruce Willis film,
The _ Element (5)
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6 Guitar pick (8)
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58 Drink made from beans (6) 60 Mighty (6)
61 Lean to one side (4) 65 Telling fibs (5) 66 Serious (7)
67 Later part of the day (7) 68 Timetable (8)
69 Cut down to size (4) 70 Locates (5)
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